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HOLDER
Definition of HOLDER
noun
A thing that holds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hold + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOLD · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOLDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOLDER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEHLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOLDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found HOLDER?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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